Love trumps hate: A young girl — fittingly wearing a heart shirt — posted a thought on a sticky note on the “therapy wall” in the 14th St./Union Square subway station. The panoply of post-its has been an outlet for straphangers’ fears, anger, uncertainty and even hope, following Donald Trump’s election. Artist Matthew Chavez, who read more here »

Angry animal-rights activists swarmed the opening of Canada Goose’s new Soho store on Thurs., Nov. 17, urging people to “shop vegan.” The store, at 101 Wooster St., sells super-warm down jackets sporting coyote fur-trimmed hoods, running from $750 to $1,000. But People for Ethical Treatment of Animals members said the coyotes are inhumanely caught in read more here »

BY BOB KRASNER | Ballroom dance is not easy to learn and it’s not easy to teach, so one has to admire both students and teachers of the art. When one walks into the weekly class at the Cooke Center Academy, at 60 MacDougal St., and sees teenagers with special needs dancing the Viennese waltz read more here »

Tuesday morning, Nina D’Alessandro and about a dozen other members of the Toledano Tenants Coalition, joined by state Senator Brad Hoylman, waved frozen turkey dinners outside 325 E. 12th St., where residents have been without cooking gas for more than six months. On the same day, eight residents filed a lawsuit against their landlord, Raphael read more here »

“Love Trumps Hate” is one of the more popular slogans at the “Not My President” marches in New York City. One protester turned the phrase around a bit, right. Meanwhile, Garry Rissman, who also goes by Abraham Lincoln III, held a historically relevant message from Honest Abe himself about last week’s election, though the current read more here »

BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | I was walking around the neighborhood early on the evening of Fri., Nov. 4. They were shooting a movie on Orchard St. Outside the Slipper Room at Orchard and Stanton Sts. around 9:40 p.m. a drunk was trying to re-enter the bar and the bouncer would not let him back in. The read more here »

West Village photographer William Alatriste can usually be found documenting the goings-on of the bold-name faces in the City Council. But on Monday night, he was out capturing revelers’ cold and creepy countenances at the Village Halloween Parade. For these shots, Alatriste explained, “I veered away from a photojournalistic approach, in favor of portraiture — read more here »

The 26th Annual Children’s Halloween Parade, sponsored by Community Board 2 and New York University, was, as usual, frighteningly fun for one and all. The kids, accompanied by lots of “big kids,” too, as in parents, paraded around Washington Square in their costumes. That was followed by free trick-or-treat bags, performances, games and rides. The read more here »